Hans Christian von Baeyer (born 1938) is a Chancellor Professor of Physics at the College of William and Mary. His books include Information: The New Language of Science, Warmth Disperses and Time Passes: The History of Heat, and QBism: The Future of Quantum Physics.
Hans Christian von Baeyer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1938 (age 85–86) |
| Alma mater | Columbia University University of Miami Vanderbilt University |
| Awards | Andrew Gemant Award (2005) National Magazine Award (1991)Science Journalism Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | College of William and Mary |
He received the Science Journalism Award of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Magazine Award in the category "Essays and Criticism,"[1] which cites his "uncommon literary grace".[2][3] In addition, he also won the 2005 Andrew Gemant Award for science writing, for prose "crisp, captivating and illuminating" with "depth, passion and clarity" in the ideas conveyed.[4]
Von Baeyer was born in Germany and left the country during World War II.[5] He graduated from Columbia College in 1958 and received his M.S. from the University of Miami and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.[6] He is a descendant of German geologist and military officer Johann Jacob Baeyer, whose son, Adolf von Baeyer, won the 1905 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[7]
In 1976, von Baeyer was selected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[8]
Bibliography
edit- Baeyer, Hans Christian von (1984). Rainbows, Snowflakes, and Quarks: Physics and the World Around Us. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- — (1993). The Fermi solution: Essays on Science. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-679-40031-1.
- — (1994). Taming the Atom: The Emergence of the Visible Microworld (Penguin Science). London, England: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN 0-14-015621-6.
- — (July 1995). "Black holes, ants, & roller coasters". Discover. 16 (7): 54–61.
- — (1999). Warmth Disperses and Time Passes: The History of Heat. New York: The Modern Library. ISBN 0-375-75372-9. OCLC 633751312.
- First published as: Baeyer, Hans Christian von (1998). Maxwell's Demon: Why Warmth Disperses and Time Passes. Random House. ISBN 9780679433422. OCLC 37695758.
- — (2004). Information: The New Language of Science. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-01387-5.
- — (2016). QBism: The Future of Quantum Physics. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674545342. OCLC 984642826.
References
edit- ^ "That Relentless Whirligig: What Physics Tells us about Time". Wolf Humanities Center. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
- ^ "Hans Christian Von Baeyer | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ Baeyer, Hans Christian Von (2001-01-01). The Fermi Solution: Essays on Science. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-41707-3.
- ^ "AIP Bestows Gemant Award on Von Baeyer". Physics Today. 58 (6): 73. 2007-01-12. doi:10.1063/1.1996484. ISSN 0031-9228.
- ^ "W&M professor recounts leaving Germany as a child in 1944 at the end of World War II". Daily Press. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
- ^ "Hans C. von Baeyer". www.physics.wm.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ "That Relentless Whirligig: What Physics Tells us about Time". Wolf Humanities Center. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
- ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society.
External links
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- "Hans Christian von Baeyer". University of William & Mary. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
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